Audubon (New Year's Day) Christmas Bird Count

Audubon Christmas Bird Count Preserving the natural life that exists is part of living green and ensuring our earth's sustainability. Bird watchers from Alaska to Belize will spend part of their holiday season far from shopping malls, looking for birds in the great outdoors. The longest running Citizen Science event in the world, Audubon's annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) will take place between December 17, 2009 and January 3, 2010. Information gathered helps scientists learn more about how birds are faring throughout NorthAmerica, adding to over a century of data collected by generations of volunteers. See this location's map at: http://mobirds.org/images/cbcmaps/CCNWR.jpg. Visit http://www.mobirds.org/CBC/CBCShedule.asp for more information. For the January 1 count at the Confluence Circle, you MUST contact Randy Korotev at korotev@wustl.edu or at (314) 993-0055 to find out the SPECIFIC MEETING LOCATION and counting routes. The new Confluence CBC covers Riverlands and adjacent areas. The OTHER and LAST upcoming local Christmas Bird Count is January 3rd and called the Weldon Spring Count. Meet at 8AM at Busch Wildlife Headquarters and call Tom Parmeter (314) 921-6017 or Anne McCormack at annemccormack@sbcglobal.net or (314) 965-8091 for details of meeting place and routes.